Question

Ship Wreck Time(minutes)：________ Words：267 Speed(per minute)：________ Rate(％)：________ 　　One February day in 1948, a radio operator on a ship picked up an SOS message．The message said：“Captain and all officers are dead．Entire crew is dead or dying．”Then there was a pause for several hours until the next message came through．It said：“Now I am also near death．” That was the last message from the ship．The radio operator was able to decipher (破译)which ship had sent the message and where it was．He told his captain who then gave orders for his ship to race to the rescue．The ship that had sent the SOS was a Dutch cargo ship, the Ourang Medan．It had been passing through the Malacca Strait on its way to Djakarta, Indonesia, at the time． 　　When the rescue ship reached the Ourang Medan, a rescue party climbed on board．They found all the ship’s officers in the chartroom (海图室)．They were all dead．It was as if they had been attending some kind of meeting with the captain and had suddenly been struck down．They all seemed to have died at about the same time．And all had their eyes wide open in horror at something they had seen just before they died．Some of them had arms pointing to the sky．Elsewhere, there were dead sailors all over the ship．They seemed to have died in the same way－suddenly, while looking at something horrific． 　　Before the bodies could be taken ashore for a full examination, the Ourang Medan exploded and sank．The reason for their deaths is still unknown． (1) The story is about ________． [　　] A． a ship B． the chartroom of a ship C． the mystery of a Dutch cargo ship D． a radio operator on a ship (2) What did the rescue men find in the chartroom? [　　] A． They found all the ship’s officers in the chartroom dead． B． It was as if they had been attending some kind of meeting with the captain and had suddenly been struck down． C． All had their eyes wide open in horror at something they had seen just before they died． D． All of the above． (3) Which of the following is NOT true about the story? [　　] A． The captain of that Dutch ship sent the SOS message． B． The message said that the entire crew was dead or dying． C． The radio operator was able to decipher which ship had sent the message． D． The radio operator could identify where the ship was． (4) The man who sent the SOS messages ________． [　　] A． was dying when they arrived B． told them what had happened C． was saved D． was dead when they arrived (5) What’s the meaning of the word “wreck” in the title? [　　] A． Break down． B． Ruin or destruction． C． Sudden and violent twist． D． Take away violently．

Answer 1

答案：1．C;2．D;3．A;4．D;5．B;
解析：

(1)	主旨大意题。综观全文，特别是文章的第一句话和最后一段，不难看出，本文主要讲述的是一艘荷兰货船的神秘失踪。
(2)	细节理解题。由文章第二段可以看出答案。
(3)	细节理解题。由文章第一段前五句话可以看出答案。
(4)	细节理解题。由文章第二段第三句话可以看出答案。不要误选B项，发信号的人并没有直接告诉所发生的一切，而是在radio message中简要叙述。
(5)	猜测词义题。由文章最后一段可以看出，船只最后爆炸下沉，当然属于“ruin or destruction(全部毁坏)”。